A Penguin in the Orchard

Linux Links for 2006-1-1

• Postfix Basic Configuration » Postfix has several hundred configuration parameters that are controlled via the main.cf file. Fortunately, all parameters have sensible default values. In many cases, you need to configure only two or three parameters before you can start to play with the mail system. Here’s a quick introduction to the syntax:
• Detecting hardware with lspci » Linux comes with several good utilities for getting detailed information on what’s inside the box. Here are three recipes for getting information from lspci, dmesg, and /proc.
• Optimal Use of Fonts on Linux » You can have the coolest desktop widget theme, the most enlightened colors combination, and a very nice background wallpaper. Your desktop still won’t look professional, clean, beautiful, and most important, comfortable, without good fonts.
• Windows Tranparency » I’ve spent the last day and a half trying to get compositing working in ubuntu. This is actually an amalgamation of a bunch of guides I’ve found; I shouldn’t be given full credit for this.

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